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Above is the map of how far Queendom Website has traveled,
nice for MacSoph and me, but doubly nice because it shows that needlework is indeed alive and well right round the world.
No Sales Right now. Soon hopefully but first I have a list of to-do projects.
I was reminded of my sampler from some years back called 'American Silver Thimbles Sampler. I went searching for a photo and found one. I designed the sampler using patterns adapted from my American thimbles and I included the marks from four prominent thimble makers, Ketcham &McDougall who made the thimble on the right (with the Eagle and Stars and Stripes and Simons who made the Liberty Bell thimble.
I promised Pride and Prejudice Needle Book this year because it is thhe 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth.
I will get to it for sure, I just had a month of house disruptions and have a list of 'to do's.' Eventually! Thank you for your patience.
A fun conversation with two favorite friends and a recent thimble auction focused me on thimbles. I've loved being a thimble collector for decades and spent some time trolling for thimbles when I found these two. I watched the closing minute on the auction for the Liberty Bell
June 17, 2025
My World of Needlework
Still a mess here in our house but I have opted to live in a mess and rturn to work. We'll see how it goes.
Happy June on Queendom Website!
A Reminder
If you are new to my designs, please read about my instructions and the reason I package them the way I do.
Scroll down to lower yellow navigation bar and click on
INSTRUCTIONS.
On Friday the 13th my favorite ever scissors, Frnch Art Nouveau scissors from the early 1900's.
If you look carefully at the two sides you will see they are different scenes of two women sewing,
Noteworthy: they won an award in the 1908 Paris Exposition for excellence in design and if you venture into the British Museum today, you will find the whole set.
Scroll down to see my first Collector Sampler, American Silver Thimbles. The two are meant to be a pair and are the same size and layout. Again, with American Collector the patterns are all adapted from thimbles and scissors,
although none so fancy as my Art Nouveau Scissors.
Below is my little 6" square box top
Many of my favorite thimbles and scissors came from my friend Carolyn Meacham. Many of you have asked for her eBay site and website. Here are the links.
Here for now is the end of my series on thimbles and scissors.
I began this small series because I found a listing for Simons Liberty Bell thimble on eBay..
Now I will end with a special thimble, this one enamel on silver, made in Germany and of remarkably high quality. I'm not certain the quality shows in the photo and that is probably why I have it.
I have loved it for a long time -- thanks to Carolyn.